Snow-traveling attachment for motor-cycles.



c.-H. LYDAMOE L Gfx. BOLA. SNOW TRAVELING'ATTACHNIENT FOR MOTOR CYCLES.

APPLICATION FILED |AN29|1916A Y Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

@5 WMM To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, CLARENCE H. LYDA- MORE and GEORGE J. BOLA, citizensof the United States, residing at Lake Placid, in the county of Essexand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Snow-Traveling Attachments for Motoi'ycles, of which the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. Y

his invention relates to motorcycles, and particularly to an attachmentwhereby the motorcycle may be used for traveling over snow roads. Y

he general objectV of the invention is to provide a very simple, cheap,and easily detachable attachment, when disposed upon a motorcycle willperin the accomhaving the rearl traction wheel B and the forward handlebar C terminating in forks D This motorcycle is to be p vided with theusual engine whereby rear traction wheel B is driven.

ment thereto of the lateral runner, the motorcycle is not changed in anyrespect, and operates in precisely the same manner as motorcycles dowhen driven over ordinary roads.

Our attachment comprises a frame consisting of a front transverselyextending 10, the inner end, that is, the end toward motorcyclebeingextended upward as at 11 and provided whereby it may supporting framebars E of the machine., At its outer end the'bar 10 is rearwardlySpecication of Letters Patent. Application filed J' anuary 29, 1916.

. wardly Serial No. 75,133.

bent as at 12,

tending' bar 13. The bolt is attachment to the'upwardly bent portion 15is connected to the body of the bar 13 by apdown` and outwardlyextendingbrace 16 which is riveted, bolted or otherwise attachedthereto. The outer end of the bar 13 is extended beyond the bar 12 andis downward-ly bent as at 17 To the under side of the bar 13 near itsouter end is'bolted the angle iron 18. Through the 'downwardly extendingend 17 and the angle iron 18 passes a bolt 19 which 1n turn a sleeve 2Ocarried uponithe lateral runner he runner is braced by upwardlyconverging metallic vstrips 22 through which the bolt 19 These strips 22are bolted at a plurality of points to the runner. he runner preferablycurves upward at its passes through connected vto the inner rame in itsoat its inner end isupwardly bent yrmeans'of a diagonally has a loop orhook A Patented Marga?, 1917.

the trame by bolts or other means or which may simply rest upon theframe. Preferably, however, it is bolted to the frame. This boat-shapedbody is intended to be removed or replaced or put in place quickly andeasily whenever desired.

The operation of the invention will be obvious from the abovedescription. rJhe motorcycle is driven exactly like any othermotorcycle, and chains or other traction means mounted upon the reartraction wheel will propel the motorcycle in the same manner as if itwere operating over an ordinary road. rl`he lateral outrigger preventsany tipping or' the motorcycle when running through eren deep snow andat a slow speed, and is particularly .desirable inasmuch as it is veryditlicultin snow to keep the motorcycle upright particularly whenstarting. It 'urthermore permits a load to be carried by the motorcycleand makes it of great convenience.

Having claimed is: l. An Outrigger frame for motorcycles comprisingforward and rear laterally `extending hars attachable at their innerends to the frame of a motorcycle, a connecting bar, a runner pivotallymounted upon said connecting bar for vertical oscillation, and a braceattached to the forward end of the runner and loosely connected to theinner end of the rear Jirame bar.

2. An Outrigger frame for motorcycles comprising a forward bar having:trame clamping means, said 'forward bar extending downward andlaterally, a rear bar having clamps whereby it may be detachablydescribed the invention, what is connected to the rear portion of amotorcycle trame and extending downward and later- 40 ally, alongitudinally extending bar connecting said 'liorward and rear bars, arunner pivotally supported upon the extremity of the rear bar formovement in a vertical plane, and a brace attached to the forward end oi45 the runner and loosely connected to the lower end of the rear bar.

3. An Outrigger frame for motorcycles having a front bar, the inner endof which is upwardly inclined and provided with a 5o clamp, a rear barangularly bent at its inner extremity and carrying a clamp, a connecting bar between the outer end of the lirst named bar and the outer endof the second named bar, the second named bar extending 55 beyond saidconnecting bar and being downwardly bent at its extremity, an angle ironattached to said rear bar and extending downward parallel to the angularextremity7 a runner disposed between the angle iron (io and theextremity and having upwardly extending braces, a pivot bolt passingthrough said braces, the angle iron and said extremity whereby topivotally support the runner, and a brace connected to the end oi' therun- 63 4ner and loosely connected to the rear bar at its lower end.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aiiix our signatures in the presence ortwo witnesses. i

C. H. LYDAMORE. GEORGE J. BOLA.

lVitnesses zV H. J. Woon, A H. STEVENS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

